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Abstract

In this paper, the use of two roughly synonymous temporal adverbial links, and , will be discussed. The survey will cover the history of English, from Old to Present-day English. It is based on historical corpora, particularly on the . (Old English ) was originally temporal, while (Old English ) goes back to the spatial form. In Old English and Early Middle English is clearly more common than ; from Late Middle English on, becomes the more favoured link. The and later corpora indicate that the use of is remarkably restricted to informal and speech-related discourse.

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